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Direct linkCheng, Liying; Sun, Youyi; Ma, Jia – Language Teaching, 2015
No area of language assessment research in the past 20 years has received a greater increase in attention than washback research. Beginning with the seminal work of Alderson & Wall (Alderson & Wall 1993; Wall & Alderson 1993), an evolving body of empirical washback studies has been conducted worldwide, especially in countries where…
Descriptors: Guidelines, Testing Problems, Second Language Learning, Language Tests
Cheng, Liying; Qi, Luxia – Language Assessment Quarterly, 2006
Annually in the People's Republic of China (China) several million secondary school graduates who wish to gain entrance to Chinese universities and colleges take the National Matriculation English Test (NMET)--the university entrance test of English for the entire country. This article first describes the test, and then focuses on examining its…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Entrance Examinations, English (Second Language), Language Tests
